have a look at the following article for more detail:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-memory/
On 08 Mar 2007 06:31:36 -0800, Chetan Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> in the same prog, if i free the dst pointer using free(dst),
> now system crashes:
>
> *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x096d1008 ***
> Aborted
> ???
>
> On 3/8/07, Paul Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 08 Mar 2007 05:43:15 -0800, Chetan Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <chetannanda%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > On 08 Mar 2007 05:09:29 -0800, Sumit Chawla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <enetra%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > You are crossing the memory bounds and corrupting the memory block
> > which
> > > > might have been allocated to other parts of your program or some
> other
> > > > program. It might crash the other programs or applications. So
> > behavior is
> > > > undefined.
> > >
> > > How this program can crash into other applications, as one application
> > can't
> > > play with other application address space.
> >
> > You assume that the operating system keeps applications apart and that
> > one application cannot see another. Not all OSs do this.
> >
> > --
> > PJH
> > Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est
> >
> >
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> Thanks & Regards
>
> Chetan Nanda
> Software Engineer
> Conexant System,Noida
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